TK Maxx is set to return to the city centre in 2018 with a new store in Albion Street

Next year TK Maxx will be returning to Derby city centre after a six-year absence.

The US clothing retailer has already started work on creating a 22,000 sq ft store in Albion Street by combining three units.

The store, which will create 35 jobs, will open on February 22. It will occupy four floors of the building - the basement, ground, first and second floors.

Shoppers will be able to browse stock – including clothing, homeware and giftware – on the ground and first floors.

TK Maxx first arrived in Derby in 2002 when it opened in the redeveloped Co-op Central Hall, in East Street. But in 2012, the company announced that store was relocating to Kingsway Retail Park.

Name: Costa Coffee

Location: Meteor Centre, Mansfield Road

Opening date: TBA

Permission for a drive-thru Costa Coffee at the Meteor Centre was granted earlier this year (Image: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)

Earlier this year, Meteor SARL, which owns the Meteor Centre, was granted permission by Derby City Council to create a Costa Coffee drive-thru.

It will be built on part of the car park at the Meteor Centre and once open will create up to 20 jobs.

Once open, it will trade from 5am to 11pm, seven days a week.

The Meteor Centre, which has 12 retail outlets, plus a McDonald’s, KFC and an Aldi, is home to a number of big-name retailers. These include B&M Bargains, The Range, Bensons for Beds, DFS and Pets at Home.

Name: The Cod’s Scallops

Location: Tamworth Road, Long Eaton

Opening date: February

The Cod's Scallops will be bringing a taste of the sea to Long Eaton

The Cod’s Scallops is an award-winning fish and chip shop business.

It has two outlets in Nottingham but in 2018 it will be bringing a taste of the sea to Long Eaton, creating 20 jobs in the process.

The Tamworth Road premises, which will offer eat-in or take-away food, are currently in the process of being fitted out and the business is aiming to have them open sometime in February.

Once open, as well as cod and haddock, customers will be able to sample sea bass, hake, salmon, monkfish and lobster, plus freshly caught seafood such as prawns, scallops, crab and oysters. It will also feature a wet fish counter.